Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-29

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Entry in Diary, October q, 1870.
. SD day Of the Siege.
At5p.m- went 70 see M. Jules Fa-
vre about Americans leaving Paris.
Pressure 10 get out Is getting to be
very great All the nationAlfsies are
now calling upon me, and / believe
that am charged with the protection
Of half Of all the nAtionalifies Of the
earth Il Is understood that there has
been good deal Of fighting today but
nothing has been heard az General
Trochn's headquarters up 30 half-pastI
SIX this evening. think that is 0min-
Gus; Il the French had been successful
there certainly would have been some
news Of il. /"
It was at this time that was in con-
slant discussion with Troehu and Jules
Fayre in relation to getting the Amer
leans out Of the city. / shall never
forget the interview had with these
two gentlemen. One afternoon, &C
companied by my secretary, went
with Jules Favre to the headquarters
OF Trochu and was ushered into q pri-
waite salon. Trochu, notified of cur
presence, soon appeared Coming in
with slippers and dressing-g gown, he
looked more like dancing master than
q soldier. The discussion was entered
upon, and Trochu was evidently pre-
pared 20 antagonize every proposal
should make IN respect 70 the Ameri-
cans leaving the city; and must say
/ was never more surprised in my life
than at the arguments he adduced and
the reasons he presented. He would
strut up and down the room talking
about the susceptibility Of the French
character, posing in the most remark
able manner, and striking his breast
think one of the arguments he used
was that nobody could fully see the
emotion that it would create among
the French people when they saw the
Americans moving out through the
Rue d'Italie to the Porte de Creteil,
and how much danger there was that
a riot might be created by such a sight,
and which might lead to the gravest
consequences. / declined 70 be salts
fed with the puerile reasons which he
presented, but insisted that my coun-
trymen should be permitted to leave
the city, particularly as they had re-
ceived the permission of the German
authorities 70 pass through their lines;
that that permission had obtained in
the full belief and understanding that
like permission would be granted by
the French, and that l then felt bound
to insist upon its being given. Indeed,
! intimated some Interior measure II l
did not receive this permission. As !
was the only man then in Paris through
whom the French could have any conn
munication with the Germans, Jules
Favre evidently saw how important it
was that / should be satisfied. Indeed,
he always behaved very well on this
subject, and expressed a great desire
that my wishes should be complied
with. HE result was, after an almost
interminable gable for three hours,
that il was finally agreed that should
have the permission. A day was agreed
upon October 27th) when the Ameri-
cans and all others who held my passes
might go out. 1t was q large caval-
cade; line was formed, which passed
out of the city under military escort,
and which proceeded TO the Porte de
Cretel. sent an attache of the lega-
ton 70 accompany this cavalcade, who
made a full report 10 me of the pro-
ceedings and OF the parties who went
out at that time. There were in the
cavalcade foTty-eight Americans, men,
women and children. and nineteen car
riages; and also a Russian convoy Of
seven carriages and twenty-one per
sons, having my passes. The passes
were all closely examined before the
persons holding them could pass the
French lines.
PARIS ATrER TIE FAIL OF THE EMPIRE.
Il was amazing to see how quickly
the decentralization set in after the fall
of the Empire. Up to that time, /
think, Paris was one Of the best gov
erned cities in the world, speaking
strictly of the municipal administra-
ton. The police was vigilant, alert
and honest, and life and property were
everywhere safe. ! had never seen the
time, up TO the revolution Of the 4th of
September, that | would have been
afraid to have visited the most remote
and unfrequented streets in the city,
for everywhere were to be found the
most watchful policemen on their diff
ferent beats But this city government
practically fell with the Empire, and in
the absence OF the governmental and
political regulations there was much
disorder; the streets were filled with
the most obscene and disgusting liter
AZURE, and the vilest carieatures were
cried ON the streets by men and boys,
and sometimes even by young girls.
Those days Of the last of September
and the first Of October were compar-
atively uneventful. There was certain
fighting going on outside of the walls
Of Paris, and the usual number Of pro-
CARNATIONS and notices were issued,
which now, read in the light OF histo-
~, seem very absurd. The Figaro, a
very widely read journal in Paris, made
itself ridiculous BY its advice and sug-
gestions. One day it recommended
that the National Guard should choose
its vivandieres from the most celebrated
demi-monde. Other recommendations,
equally absurd and puerile, appeared
in lhe same Ex- Minister
Z. b. Washburne in Scribner's Maya
nine for FehFnarv